The land on which they grew their food was not given to them individually but to a village commune. ... Once forty-nine instalments were paid the land was the personal property of the peasant. As population grew plots of land became smaller and smaller, this meant peasants found it harder to sport their family each year. ... Nicholas made very bad decisions in his ruling, one of these was in 1915 he left his country to take charge of the military, leaving his German wife to rule Russia. ... They wanted all land of Russia to be given to the mirs, this would mean peasants would have a bigger sha...

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Reasons for Entering the War It initially entered the War over control of Mancuria and Korea as Russia wanted more power and land expansion. ... They faced crippling redemption payments for land and unrealistically high taxes which would often outlive the peasants themselves and had to be handed down generations. Their treatment left them feeling bitter and resentful as they thought that this new legislation would give them the land they thought they were owed at no cost to themselves, and soon became disillusioned with the prospect of their hard fought-for liberty. In addition to this, ba...

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In both countries, there is a sense that the bad eventually drives out the good, as one evil progressively replaces another. ... Land". ... Land decrees abolished private land ownership, civil marriages were made compulsory and censorship of the press was introduced as seen in France. ...

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This way many criminals went to America, the Land of Opportunity, to start their own "business". ... When the bad reputation of Russians, which had been manifested by the term "Russian Mafia", began to inflict moral, economic or physical damage upon the Russian-Americans the CRA took steps to change the situation. ... That is the main problem in the relation between Russian-Americans and other citizens of "the land of the free". ...

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In 1613, Zemsky Sobor or the Assembly of the Land, that included chosen presenters from all classes of population, such as boyar families, provincial nobility and village peasantry, met for election a new Tsar. ... This abuse was remedied by the appointment of tax assessors from among the taxpayers themselves and by compilation of new land registries. ... Russian army moved to Narva, there were 35 thousand men commanded by bad officers and foreign generals, the strategy wasn't well thought out, and Russian troops defeated. ...

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So to avoid his army being slowed down, Napoleon instated that his troops lived off the land as much as possible. ... In addition to the poor road network, the agriculture system was less than adequate and there was a bad drought causing a shortage of water. ... The situation was just as bad for the horses. ...

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Russia was left in such a bad state post-soviet. ... As Russia was in such a bad state, it is going to take such a long time to get it back on track. ... The difficulties included the problem of not having a fixed exchange rate at the time of reform, for the acquisition of property and the law regarding private ownership of land was inadequate. ...

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They told workers, soldiers, and peasants to not trust their own hands and to take away land from the landowners. ... Napoleon thought that if he could keep the barnyard animals busy all the time replacing the windmill that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were, and he could blame the destruction all the time on Snowball. ... Russia hoped that by keeping the serfs working all the time and promising them a better world that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were. ...

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They told workers, soldiers, and peasants to not trust their own hands and to take away land from the landowners. ... Napoleon thought that if he could keep the barnyard animals busy all the time replacing the windmill that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were, and he could blame the destruction all the time on Snowball. ... Russia hoped that by keeping the serfs working all the time and promising them a better world that they would not realize how bad their living conditions were. ...

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Yes this would be a good definition, but let's put it in practical terms what we see is an alliance in which the USA uses countries from Europe as relays to convey power in whatever part of Middle East or East they want, not that this would be bad but this alliance is in shatters, a bunch of new countries have entered this defensive organization with the prospect of safe heaven, and democratic development. ... Well in the First World War 100km were made in several days in case of war and I am speaking of advancing in open field, whether there were battles the stalemate of the no-man'...

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